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How one Hospital Shaved Off 88 Minutes from their ALOS

With goals of getting the right processes and staffing in place, the administration and staff at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia put a priority on patient-centered process improvements that would shorten wait times and length of stay in the emergency department (E.D.). Here’s how they improved metrics including decreasing the ED ALOS by 45 percent.